[Cialug] cloud computing

[Morris Dovey]

Matthew Nuzum wrote:

> The problems with this are two fold:
> 
>  #1 ISVs and legacy app vendors (even in-house developers) haven't
> jumped on board, that's probably because
>  #2 Who wants to go back to paying by the hour for your server usage?
> In some cases this is a great way to get going fast but if you have to
> go through a bunch of hoops to get developer access to machines it
> slows adoption.

There's a gigantic #3...

> This will make the cloud available to a larger audience and soon #1
> will turn around.
> 
> So who's going to be the first in the Des Moines area with their own
> cloud? I only have one server to play with so it wouldn't make much of
> a cloud. :-)

Not I. I've already played this game with a roomful (dozens) of 
UltraSPARCs - and can offer the caveat that anything that is 
time-dependent or bandwidth-limited can produce real headaches because 
of difficult to reproduce interactions.

(2 cents)

-- 
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/